Carlos José Rodríguez Sequera (born January 28, 1979) is a Spanish former professional

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player.

Darts career

A noted soft-tip player, Rodríguez's first foray into the professional steel-tip darts scene was participating in the two PDPA Players Championship events in Gibraltar in January 2007; in the latter of these he placed in the last 16. Two months later, he would win the Gibraltar Open. Rodríguez then attempted to qualify for the BDO World Championship in November but failed, and in the same month he failed to make any headway in the

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. In 2008 he decided to join the

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, enabling him to play in PDC events. Because he is based in Spain, he is unable to travel to every event on the

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, however a couple of last 16 placings in Players Championship events and UK Open regionals meant he qualified for the

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, his first appearance on television. He entered at the last 96 stage, but was beaten 6-1 by Paul Cooper. In October, he tried to qualify for the

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but was defeated in the early rounds. Later that month however, Rodríguez began to finally make significant gains in the PDC. In the second of two Players Championship events in Scotland, he reached his first PDC quarter-final before being defeated by the eventual winner

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. The run of form continued in October as Rodríguez reached the final of the German Darts Trophy, beating noted veterans

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and

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3-0 in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, before being defeated in a last leg decider by

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. This performance guaranteed Rodríguez's place in the inaugural European Championship and the 2009 PDC World Championship. Less than a week later Rodríguez, in a major upset, defeated the world number five

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in the opening round of the 2008 European Championship, but lost to

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in the next round. Rodríguez began his 2009 PDC World Championship campaign with a 3-2 win over then world number 16

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of the Netherlands to safely carry him through the second round, but he was then beaten 1-4 by Painter. At the 2010 World Championship, he was defeated 0-3 by

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in the first round. He teamed up with

Antonio Alcinas Antonio Alcinas Estelrich (born 7 April 1979) is a Spanish darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Alcinas started competing in PDC Europe events in 2010. After reaching the quarter-finals of a Players Champ ...

to represent Spain at the

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. They defeated Japan in the first round, before knocking out the top seeds England (represented by the world's top two players, Phil Taylor and

) 6–5 in the second round. In the group stage, they lost to Wales but defeated the United States and Scotland to qualify for the semi-finals, where they were whitewashed 0–4 by the Netherlands. He partnered Alcinas again in the 2012 World Cup, but they could not repeat their success of 2010 as they were beaten 2–5 by South Africa in the first round. In the rest of 2012 his best results in ProTour events were runs to the last 64, which he did three times. Rodriguez qualified for the 2013 World Championship by winning the West European Qualifying Event with a 6–5 victory over Stefan Couwenberg in the final. He lost to John Bowles by four legs to two in the preliminary round, as he hit just 14% of his darts at a double. After the tournament Rodriquez was ranked world number 111, meaning he had lost his place on the tour and therefore entered Q School in order to regain a tour card for PDC events in 2013. However, he could not advance past the last 64 on any of the four days and will not have automatic entry into any PDC event in 2013. Rodríguez played with

for the third time in the

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and Mark Webster in the quarter-finals. Alcinas lost to Webster 3–4, but Rodríguez beat Burnett by the same scoreline to mean a doubles match was needed to settle the tie. Spain took an early 2–1 lead but went on to be defeated 2–4. In the second round of the

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edition of the event, Rodríguez and Alcinas lost their singles matches against the Dutch pair of

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and

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to exit the tournament. Rodríguez was beaten in the final of the 2016 Alcalas Open by Julio Barbero. Rodríguez quit the PDC in January 2017.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2009: Second round (lost to

1–4) * 2010: First round (lost to

0–3) * 2013: Preliminary round: (lost to John Bowles 2–4 in legs)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Carlos 1979 births Living people Spanish darts players British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders Sportspeople from Sabadell PDC World Cup of Darts Spanish team